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Instapundit » DRUG POLICY REFORM GROUPS weigh in on Eric Holder….
Posted 16 minutes ago
DRUG POLICY REFORM GROUPS weigh in on Eric Holder. [Link]

Instapundit » AT LEAST HE’S NOT MINCING WORDS: Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as ‘aggressive, disruptive an…
Posted 16 minutes ago
AT LEAST HE’S NOT MINCING WORDS: Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as ‘aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic’. [Link]

Property Scope » Clean water group has a bone to pick with Rarity
Posted 27 minutes ago
The Tennessee Clean Water Network is taking regulation into its own hands at Rarity Oaks. Check out the details here. (Hat tip to KnoxViews.) [Link]

Property Scope » New jail intake center downtown?
Posted 37 minutes ago
That's the idea being floated by county commissioner Richard Briggs, who's working with Sheriff J.J. Jones on a plan to put a $12 million facility next to the City County Building. According to Rebecca Ferrar's story, "Briggs said Jones has proposed building a jail intake center with 40 beds to hold inmates up to 72 hours. It would be on ... [Link]

Tele-buddy's Tinseltown Tales » CW to bring back 'Jericho'
Posted 42 minutes ago
Or something like that. The network has picked up repeats of the cult hit "Jericho" and will be airing it 7 p.m. Sundays starting the last Sunday of this month. The show only lasted 2 seasons -- and one of those was very short. What do you think? [Link]

Camp4u » Doctor Doom looks good now
Posted 51 minutes ago
Schiff was a fan of Reaganomics and was an advisor to Ron Paul. He Fears Obamas ideas of excess regulation. [Link]

RoaneViews » We have a report of a bomb threat at Cherokee Middle School...Any details?
Posted 54 minutes ago
These things are almost always just a threat and no bomb, but nobody can take the chance... Anybody have more info? Word from the Grandmother of two CMS students is that the kids have been bussed to RCHS. [Link]

RoaneViews » Quote of the Day...
Posted 57 minutes ago
“The general rule of thumb is that women can watch men, but you’re not supposed to have men watching women,” Langford said. The "Ready, Fire, Aim" crew on our County Commission are now starting to actually do the arithmetic on our new county icon, and it looks like it will cost us all more than they figured. Ok, they DIDN'T ... [Link]

Instapundit » WHY GUNS ARE BETTER THAN BUTTER: Over at Forbes, I explain why war is no longer the health of the s…
Posted 60 minutes ago
WHY GUNS ARE BETTER THAN BUTTER: Over at Forbes, I explain why war is no longer the health of the state. [Link]

Tele-buddy's Tinseltown Tales » ABC cans 3 -- 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Eli Stone' and 'Dirty Sexy Money'
Posted 63 minutes ago
Not too big of a shock here, but ABC is getting rid of "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money." I can do without "Dirty Sexy" -- Peter Krause surely only did this soap for the $$$ after his brilliant turn on "Six Feet Under" -- but I object to the decision to bounce "Daises" and "Eli," especially "Eli." ... [Link]

Instapundit » PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON MARK CUBAN: Should Cuban be conducting his defense in public on his blog?…
Posted 65 minutes ago
PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON MARK CUBAN: Should Cuban be conducting his defense in public on his blog? [Link]

MR » DARK WEEK
Posted 66 minutes ago
BAD BAD WEEK FOR THE ECONOMY, THE NATION,THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, THE....well youget the idea.Zeek is over the suck news so last night he took over the Linotype and churned out a WEEKEND MD complete with his favoritepictures and some jokes he has used over the yearsat the Chatter Box to charm more than a few soiled doves intoover nighting ... [Link]

Instapundit » MORE MEDIA RETRENCHMENT: Associated Press To Cut 10 pct. jobs in ‘09….
Posted 66 minutes ago
MORE MEDIA RETRENCHMENT: Associated Press To Cut 10 pct. jobs in ‘09. [Link]

Random Mumblings » Love them links
Posted 68 minutes ago
I sent some stats to Scott Karp on what I think is a pretty successful example of "link journalism." (Karp is credited with coining that term and has a company, Publish2, built around the concept.)Like articles, the reader interest in content that is a set of links varies with the subject matter, but in instances where readers want everywhere scrap ... [Link]

Property Scope » Friday briefing
Posted 70 minutes ago
Sign up today for free email updates from the Scope and the Bank Draft, a blog about the banking industry in Tennessee and the Southeast. Submit a request to flory@knoxvillebiz.com. Activist/entrepreneur hopes to boost Knoxville's coworking scene and develop a micro-enterprise development center in Market Square. KNS Will a new era of Sevier County regulation save the golden egg-laying goose, ... [Link]

The Crone Speaks » HRC as SoS?
Posted 71 minutes ago
I’m not surprised that Obama would throw Hilary a decent slot in his administration, and personally, I feel it should have been as VP. But, that episode is over and there’s not much that can be said anymore. And, I really do not want Obama to coopt Hilary just because she had millions of voters supporting her and not him. ... [Link]

Honey Dot Comb » Chuck Warnock review of American Earth by Bill Gibbons
Posted 79 minutes ago
My old friend Chuck Warnock (right) has a review of Bill Gibbon's American Earth on Chuck's blog, Confessions of a Small Church Pastor. For those of us who are vitally interested the earth, the environment and what is happening to it, the book and the review are both worth reading.Chuck writes:This one volume provides a rich orientation to the world ... [Link]

Camp4u » I swear, I didnt start it!!!
Posted 81 minutes ago
This is just too funny As I read through what my friends are doing on facebook this morning I hit this and it sends me into wild laughter. Chuck Norris watch out!!! What can I say? Never argue with a guy who wears a Rambo T shirt. [Link]

Knoxify » Will You Be Ice Skating in Market Square This Year?
Posted 88 minutes ago
Even though the Sentinel reported that Downtown Knoxville parking prices may go up soon, we doubt that will keep the ice skaters away. According to their Web site, over 16,000 people enjoyed the ice-skating rink last year on Market Square. Starting Friday, November 28th, the Alstom-sponsored rink opens up to the public again. Will you be getting your Downtown skate ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » The expected penalty on the milk scandal
Posted 94 minutes ago
U.S. NEWS: “U.S. Restricts China Milk Products: FDA Forces Importers to Prove Shipments Contain No Melamine After Positive Tests,” by Jane Zhane and Alicia Mundy, Wall Street Journal, 14 November 2008. The U.S. is the second biggest export market of Chinese food and beverages, after Japan and just about HK, South Korea and Russia. Now, as a result of the ... [Link]